Everyone loves Rhody. Regardless of how interesting I like to believe my articles are, nothing gets as much attention as the few illustrations that are photo bombed by Rhody. There are not many good pictures of Rhody, and it is difficult to get good pictures of him. He is too active, and when I try to get him to be still for the camera, he looks sad. I suppose that part of the problem is that I am not very proficient with taking pictures of him in action, rather than while he is trying to cooperate for a posed picture. These pictures are not exactly horticulturally oriented. Except for a few background bits, the only horticultural subjects are a big California sycamore that does not fit into the picture, a dead box elder that is mostly gone, and an uninteresting lawn.
1. Rhody is an expert of meteorology. He is looking to the gray sky and predicting rain. He will want to get inside before it arrives.
2. Rhody is also an expert of arboriculture. After inspecting this big California sycamore, he concluded that the ‘bark’ is ‘ruff’. He happens to be particularly fond of dogwoods.
3. Rhody is stumped. He is wondering where all the firewood from this dead box elder went. It is within a protected riparian zone where deteriorating trees were to be cut down and made safe, but otherwise left on site.
4. Rhody occasionally inspects his big lawns to evaluate their maintenance, and perhaps find sticks or balls left by trespassing dogs.
5. Rhody found the maintenance of this lawn to be satisfactory.
6. Rhody is finished with his work and is getting ready for the incoming storm.
This is the link for Six on Saturday, for anyone else who would like to participate:
https://thepropagatorblog.wordpress.com/2017/09/18/six-on-saturday-a-participant-guide/
It’s not surprising Rhody gets so much attention – he’s adorable!
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He so often gets in the way of pictures, but when I tried to take his picture, he did not want to cooperate. He really is excellent though.
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I always enjoy your posts but this one is so much fun, cos your dog is adorable. You did tie his “work” to show how he understands your work.
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Oh, he is not ‘my’ dog. I just work for him.
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Oh, please ask him to accept my apology for my bad wording. 😉
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He can not read, and is not easily offended.
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Well maybe you’ll just mention to him that his blog was well read and lots of people think he’s adorable. 👍
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Surprisingly, it is not getting much traffic! I figured that if one pictures gets as much as it does, six would get quite a bit; but it is instead less than normal. He does not mind. He knows that he is adorable.
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It hasn’t been long since you posted, and many of us in the east are in a weather issue.
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Weather issue?
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Parts of the east are having snow, ice, lots of nasty stuff and then by Monday, brass monkey cold.
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It is 72 degrees and only partly cloudy here. We got some good rain, but it is done for now. More is expected for tomorrow. I think that if I needed to deal with nasty weather, I would be inside reading articles online, at least as long as the wi-fi stayed connected.
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I tend to hole up like a bear when it gets bad here. Some normal winter cold is expected and ok, but when things get bad, I’m inside looking out.
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I love, love, love Rhody!!!! And your canine jokes are pretty good too. 🙂
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Everyone loves Rhody. duh.
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Who wouldn’t love Rhody? He is a great garden dog! A keeper!
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I can not think of anyone who would not love Rhody. I doubt it is even possible.
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I agree! Yours was the best post today!!!!!
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Well, the others are more relevant to horticulture.
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Rhody has a brilliant sense of humour!
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He does? He think people are funny.
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Ahhh Rhody! What a cutie. X
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Yes, and he knows it.
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Those mournful eyes… So cute. Rhody looks like the perfect gardening companion.
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Actually, he does not really work in the garden. He just watches . . . and looks very cute.
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OMG. The cuteness! The top photo is my favourite. 💖
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That’s cool. I did not like that one. I wanted to get him at more of distance. I held him up and took the picture from below.
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Lovely to meet your friend. It’s good to know he is keeping an eye on progress
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